Images of the feminine in Gnosticism / Karen L. King, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Karen L.

Claremont Graduate School. Institute for Antiquity and Christianity.

Occidental College. Department of Religious Studies.

Society of Biblical Literature.

Series:

Studies in antiquity and Christianity

Studies in antiquity and Christianity.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gnosticism--Congresses.

Gnosticism.

Women and religion--Congresses.

Women and religion.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 455 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1988]

Summary:

In this groundbreaking collection of essays, King and other contributors engage in a systematic study of issues of gender in Gnosticism.>

Notes:

Papers from a conference held Nov. 19-25, 1985, in Claremont, Calif. and sponsored by the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Dept. of Religious Studies at Occidental College, and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 425-446.

ISBN:

080063103X

OCLC:

16716998